Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 9, 1916, Page 1

Bl VOL. LVIL—NO. 243 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. ~ PRICE- TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That £ SEVEN STEAMSHIPS ™ A Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Gonnecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. OFF THE NANTUCKET SHOALS Shipping on Atlantic Coast Ravaged by a Submarine of the German Imperial Navy SHIPS SENT TO THE BOTTOM OR LEFT CRIPPLED Four British, One Dutch and One Norwegian Steamer Were Torpedoed—The Hostile Submarine is Believed to be the U-53, Which Came Into Newport Harbor Saturday Aft- ernoon—The Destroyer Flotilla of the United States At- lantic Fleet is Picking Up Passengers and Crews of the Destroyed Vessels and Bringing Them Into Newport— So far as Known, There Was No Loss of Life—Wireless | Messages Were Sent Broadcast Up and Down the Coast and Out Into the Atlantic Informing Shipping of the Presence of the Hostile Submarine—An American Steamer Was Held Up But Was Allowed to Proceed. Boston, Oct. 8.—The submarine arm of the Imperial German Navy ravaged shipping off the eastern coast of the United States today. Four British, one Dutch and one Norwegian steamers were sent to the bottom or left crippled derelicts off ! Nantucket Shoals. Tonight under the light of the hunt- ers’ moon, the destroyer slotilla of the United States Atlantic deet was pick- ing up passengers and crews of the destroyed vessels and brinzing them into Newport, R. I. So far as known, there was no loss of life, though at a late hour the crew of the British 'steamer Kingston had not been ac- counted for. American Steamer Held Up. A submarine held up the American steamer Kansan, hound from New r Genca' with steel for the governm but r on es- ng her identity, owed the 1 to proceed. > Nansan came into Boston harbor late tonisht for her usual cail here. submarine is believed to a call to rt_yes:erday ared at ome na however, "bma to the Ameri re tho side the tLree mile limit. The Ships Destroyed. snbmarine nd by warring, reless des L5 British Freighter Strathdens Torpe- doed. The Strathd torpedoes and Crew take: lightship, a remo port by torpedo boat left New Yor! rdeaux and was att Point Sunk Off Nantucket. The West Point, British freighter, torpedoed and gumk off Nantucket. Crew abandoneq the in small s after a from the submarine’s gur and men were taken s sver. The vessel w Passenger Liner Sunk. Stephano, British passenger, liner, plying regularly between New York, Halifax and St. Johns, Newfoundland, Torpedoed southeast of Nantucket while bound for New York. Reported still afloat late tonighi. TI'assengers and crew numbering absut 140, were picked up by destroyer Ralch and transferred fo the destroyer Jenkins and Drought to Newport. The at- tack was at 4:30 p. m. Destroyer Searching for Crew. Kingston, British freignter, torpe- doed and sunk southeast ot Mantucket. Crew missing and destroyer searching for them. This vessel is not account- ed for in maritime registers and may be tho Kingstonian. The atwack was at 6 p. m. Bloomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor- pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The steamer was Lound from New York for Rotterdam, having sailed last night. Norwegian Freightar Chr Knudsen, Norwegian freighter, torpedoed and sunk near where the Bloomersdijk went down. Crew pick- ed up by destroyers. The vessel sail- ed from New York Saturday for Lon- don. ‘The sensaticn created yesterday when the U-53 quietly sliped into Newport harbor and as quietly slipped away three hours later was less than the shock in shipping circles when wireless reports of submarine attacks began to come into the naval radio stations just before noon today. ‘Within a few minutes the alr was literally charged with elextricity as wireless messages of warning shot up and down the coast. The submarine or submarines had taken a position @irectly in the steam- er lanes where they could hordly miss anything bound in for New York or bound east from that port. Vessels Hurry Within Limit. Vessels of the allled nations and neutral bottome carrying contraband of war scurried to get within the three mile limit of the American shore. Several who were following the out- side course shifted and made for the inside lane. The Stephano of the Red ,ross Line, however, was caught outside the neutral zome. The des- truction of this vessel was perhaps the biggest prize of the day. The craft had been sold to the Russian government and would have teen used ::1 an ice breaker after her present p. Frantic Appeal Sent to Halifax. Suwroughout -the day and-up to late Three Mile tonight none of the patrolling fleet maintained by the X to protect their own skir American ships carrying m war had been sighted. F' peals were sent to Halifax, but commander of the British naval tion there rcfused to divulze what steps were being taken to meet the submarine attack. The work of the patroiiing fleets was . di d from Hali and ever eince the war began cruise and a illiary vesscls of the Britisn ¢ French navies 1 *d up and down the cc Bringing Passengers to Newport. The passcngers and crews of de troyed vessels who are be; brought into Newport were eated to reach there until ht. Pre- to care for ad Dbeen Rear Admira stin M. ommandant of Narra- gar navai statfon, ahd rear Admiral Elbert aves, corimander of the destroyer flotilla now at New- port. Details of the Attacks. Later reports save of the atta: The S submarine six miles Nantucket 1 by gunfire and mained ufloat night. The West Point went down ten miles south of the Nantucket light- ship. The Strathdene wa attacked “off lightship”, the report stated and the Bloomersdifk ¥ sunk th south of the afloat some time, The American held up th lightship. First Wireless Warning. The first wireless warning of the presence of a hos! tbmarine in the steamship line ver in the tress signal of the West Point, which reported that she had been torpe thirty miles southeast or light. This message ap picked up hy every vessel having a wireless eauipment within range for within a very short iime s des- patches from St. Johns, B, and Halifax, N. indicated that patrol- g battleships had reccived the larm. The censorship, however, pre- vented the d move- ments of the patrol Ship Owners Notify Vess Meantime ship owne were communicating W in their Boston ves- th sels at sea. It is supposed that any information regarding tre marine activities that reached the battleships came from other vessels from shore though it might have come from Halif: where the news was received over land lines. At 11:25 o'clock tonight the return- ing destroyer nearest home was still fifty miles from Newport and she was not expected until early morning. A late message said that onc destrover with two crews taken from the Nan- tucket lightship was bound for New York, but it was thought that this was probably a mistake Naval Men Puzzled. One thing that is puzzling naval men rather than tonight is why the U-34 came Iinto port yesterday and another thing that is the subject of speculation of many outside the navy why a destroyer flo- tilla of seventeen vessels was sent ont to rescue the crew of a single freight steamer. The destrovers were ordered out at the first report that the West Point had been torpedoed. The the- ory advanced tonight was that Com- mander Hans Rose of the U-353 came to Newoprt to advise Rear Admiral Knight that he was about to attack hostile shipping and contraband- carrying vessels under the rules of in- ternational Jaw. Rear Admiral Knight reiterated this evening that Comman- der Rose's call was one of courtesy but it was suggested ‘hat the Ger- man commender wished to guard against loss of lite through the aid of American vessels in picking up pas- sengers and crews of ships destroyed. BOOMING OF GUNS HEARD AT NANTUCKET Submarine is in Lane of Passenger and Freight Traffic. Boston, Oct. 8.—The booming of the submarine's guns apparently fired in warning was distinctly heard at Nan- tucket. Just where the submersible was at the moment these reports were heard was pure speculation. It was plain, however, that she had placed herself in the lane of passen- ger and freight traffic and terrorized shipping along the coast. Wireless Messages of Warning. In a flash after the first distress !!K nals of the West Point l broadcast, wireless messages were racing up and down the coast and far out to sea, warning everything afloat that a German warship was operat- ing in the steamer lanes. Bvery ves- sel equipped with wireless was warned to make for the three mile zone and the commanders of merchant vessels of the allies lost no time in shifting their courses. Those that were fol- lowing what is known as the outside course turned to the inside course that would bring them closer to Amer- ican soil. The passenger steamer Ste- phano_which plies regiarly between New York and St. Johns, Newfound- land, was bound west and was due off Nantucket tomorrow morning, When her British commander received his warning he shifted his course to bring his vessel within the inside lane. British consular_officers along the New England coast who had been ad- vised by the British embassy to warn British shipping against the U-53 up- on her appearance at Newport yes terday, renewed their caution on learning that the submarine had gone into action. PANIC AMONG SHIPPERS ALL ALONG THE COAST Anxious Inquiries Made at the News- paper Offices. Oct. omething like a sed the minds of shippers along reports of the were received from the ation. The stories regarding which appeared in the Sun- papers had aroused much specu- lation as to her mission and the news that she had attacked British vessels trav Anxious inquiries were made he newspaper offices from seemingly almos vone who had a friend on the water or owned a share of stock in a merchant bottom. Gerards on a Neutral Vessel. The Frederick VIIL of the Scandi- navian-American line, which is bring- ing home the American ambassador to Germany, James W. Gerard, and Mrs Gerard, was 600 miles east of New York at noon today. Assurance that the ambassador and hi fe were on a neutral vessel was given to inquir- ing friends by the press. Strathdene Sunk. A balf hour later the submarine en- countered the Strathdene, commanded by Captain Wilson and under charter by the French lin A subsequent message from the Nantucket lightship stated that the Strathdene had been sunk at 6 o'clock this morning and that the crew of “twentymen” were on the lightship. The steamer carried a crew of 34, so there was some doubt as to whether the lightship had pick- ed them all up or had correctly re- ported. The Strathdene sailed from New York for Bordeaux yesterday af- ternoon. She was of 4,321 tons and 375 feet in length. She was built in Greenwich in 1909 and was owned in Boston, panic po: in this city and at other point the coast when the fir: torpedoing radio Glasgow. British Freighter Fired Upon Pursuing her hostile course,: the submarine next came up with the West Point, bound from Newport News, ish freighter wr London for The fate of the Bi told in the follo ing wireless despatch from her com- mander, Captain Harden, to the na- val radio station: “British steamer West Point ped by -submarine and fired upor ting boat ready. Position 40 69 west. Get cutter.” Later messages gave further details. One stated that the steamer was be- ing shelled by the submarine when the message was sent at 1115 a. m. A third message said that the vessel was attacked at 10.45 ten miles south of Nantucket. This message caused a confusion regarding the exact position of the freighter. The steamer Kan- san picked up the distress signals of the West Point and proceeded to her assistance. The West Point Sinking. The Boston.navy yard at 1.30 o’clock reccived a message from the Kansan stating that the West Point was sinl- ing and that the Kansan was going to her aid. The disabled vesscl was then 55 miles distant and the Kansan was making 12 knots. Later a private desratch added the information that the submarine afier stopping the West Point ordered the crew into_their small boats. The crew abandoned the ship, which was then torpedoed. It was in a sinking condi- tion when last reported. Meantime the American Line steam- ship Philadelphia, which left New York yesterday for Liverpool, had got- ten within the war zone and an S. O. S. wireless message was. received by her commander. He held his course for the east. stop- DESTROYERS BRING 216 PERSONS TO NEWPORT Rescued From Ships Sunk Off Nan- tucket Sunday. Newport, R. I, Oct. 9.—Four des- troyers of the American flotilla came into harbor here early today bringing 216_persons rescued from the ships sunk oif Nantucket Sunday by a Ger- man submarine. The Ericsson, the first of the destroyers to arrive, brought 81, the Drayton 68, the Ben- ham 36, the Jenkins 31. Thirty-five, women and ten children are among those on the Ericsson. This information came by wireless in ad- vance of the actual docking of the destroyers. STEAMSHIP BLOOMERSDIJK CARRIED CREW OF FIFTY Intimated That International Compli- cations Might Arise. New York, Oct. 8—The steamship Bloomersdijk carried a crew of fifty men and a cargo of grain valded at $600,000, consigned to the government of The Netherlands, according to W, Van Doorn, an official here of the Hol- land-America Line. He intimated that international complications might arise. BELIEVE TWO GERMAN SUBMARINES ARE OPI OPERATING One of the Vessels Destroyed Was Struck by Three Torpedoes. Newport, R. L, Oct. 8—There is evi- were sent! dence accepted seriously by some na- : Withdrawal of Rumanian Troops IN THE REGION OF KRONSTADT, FOGORAS AND HERMANNSTADT FLED BEFORE GERMANS Austria-Germans Have Recaptured Kronstadt, the Most Important Com- mercial City in Transylvania—Little Change on Other Battlefields. On none of the various battle fronts in Europe has any material change taken place. Probably the most®im- portant development is the forced withdrawal of the Rumanian troops in the region of Kronstadt, Fogoras and Hermannstadt in the face of superior forces mainly made up of Germans. In the operations the Austro-Germans again recaptured Kronstadt, ihe most important commercial city in Transyl- vania. In the Dobrudja region of Ru- mania_the Russians and Rumanians are advancing southward against the Teutonic allies, according to Bucharest. In Macedonia the contending sides have been engaged for the most part in artillery duels. A like condition prevails on the Austro-Italian front. On the western front in France the British rave captured all of the town of Le Sars and also made gains north and northeast of Courcelott and southwest of Geudecourt. 'The Ger- mans have recaptured from the Brit- ish portions of trenches that had been taken from them in the region north of Les Boeufs. val men tonight that two German sub- marines are operating off the coast. The theory that there were two sub- marines operating was based partly on a report that one of the vessels de- s struck by three torpedoes. So far as known none of tne crawt was sunk by shellfire. Only eight torpedoes could be seen on the U-53 when she was here and at least six torpedoes appeared to have been used today. MANY AMERICANS WERE ON THE STEAMER STEPHANO Was Sunk Off Nantucket Lightship Yesterday Afternoon—No Lives Lost Newport, R. Oct. 8.—The British steamer Stephano, carrying nearly one hundred first and second cabin pas- senge; including many American tourist. was sunk off Nantucket lightship at 430 p. m. today, presu- mably by the German submarine U-53. The United. States turpedo boat de- stroyer Baich reported the loss of the liner by radio to the naval station here, stating that the ship had been torpedoed. The message from the de- stroyer said that the crew was safe aboard the Balch but made 0 men- tion of the passengers, who, was thought here, were also taken care of. Bound From St. Johns to New York. The Stephano was in the regular service of tne Red Cross line and was bound from St. John: N. F,, to New York. She was due in New York to- morrow morning. Her agents were Bowring and Company, Limited, of Battery Place, New York. Confirmation of the rescue of the passengers by th ed in a later me: stroyer to the na: Balch was contain- ion here. It d that she ed up the ngers and later had transferred the Americans to the destroyer Jen- kins. Rear Admiral Knight, of the Narragansett n said that the passengers to do so would be allowed to remain on the warships until morning and that every effort would be made by officers and men to make them as com- fortable as possible. At the same time, said, if any of those picked up wanted to be set on shore, their wishes would be complied with as promptly as pos- sible. Members of the so-called Newport society set were prompt to extend proff of help to the shipwrecked passengers, through Admiral Knight. Mrs. Robert L. Beeckman, wife of Governor Beeckman, and Mrs. French Vanderbilt volunteered to take care of as_many refugees as possible. -Many of the passengers on the Ste- phano are residents of New York. At this time of year the Stephano carries a fairly heavy passenger list, made up of the last of the summer tourists who spend their summers in Newfoundland anfl in the Canadian maritime pro- Vinces. Cargo Loss Not Heavy. The cargo loss of the Stephano, it was_expected, would not be very heavy, as on her westbound voyage she usually carried little freight. This is made up largely, as a rule of fish oil and other fish products. The Stephano was a steel screw steamer of 2,143 tons, built in Glas- gow in 1911. Her_sister ship, the Florizel, New York Friday for Halifax, N. and St. Johns, N. F. U-53 ANCHORED IN NEWPORT HARBOR FOR THREE HOURS Slipped Out and Submerged Just In- side the Three Milg Limit. Boston, Oct. 8.—The U-53, which anchored for three hours in Newport harbor yesterday afternoon while Com- mander Hans Rose sent ashore corres- pondence from Germany for the Ger- man ambassador, Count Von Bern- storff, and exchanged official calls with Rear Admiral Gleaves and Rear Ad- miral Austin M. Knight, commandant of the Narragansett Bay naval station, slipped out of the harbor and sub- merged just inside tha three-mile lim- it at 7.05 o'clock last night. Stopped an American Steamer At daylight today she turned up southeast of Nantucket and got in the way of the American steamer Kansan of the American-Hawailan company, bound from New York for Genoa by way of Boston, with freight, The Kan- san was flying the American flag. She was stopped by the submarine at 5.80 o'clock. Assured that the Kansan was an American-owned vessel, the sub- marine later allowed her to proceed. Submarine Showed No Colors. Captain Smith of the Kansan re- ported that he had been stopped, in.a Wireless message to the captain of the Nantucket Shoals lightship. He said the submarine showed no colors but from his meagre description of the left jshould arrive there about Ward Liner is Afire at Sea TWO TUGS ARE TOWING ANTILLA TO HAMPTON ROADS 120M. OFF CAPE HENRY Passengers and Crew Talc to Small Boats and Were Later Picked Up By the Guard Gutter Onondaga— Fire Under Control, Old Point Comfort, Va., Oct. 8.— Radio messages received here tonight from the coast guard cutter Onondaga said that two tugs are towing the burning Ward Line steamer Antilla to Hampton Roads and that the passeng- ers and crew, which took to the small boats 120 miles off Cape Henry last night, are aboard the cutter ,which is convoying the tow. The message also asked that anoth- er tug be sent out to assist in fighting the fire in the Antilla’s cargo of dum- ber and sugar. The cutter’s captain reported that he thought the flames could be brought under control if help were sent. Escaped in Small Boats. The Omondaga reached the Antilla at §:30 this morning in response to radic distress signals sent out by the liner easly last night. The passengers and crew in small boats were picked up and transferred to the cutter. ‘When picked up the Antilla was some 120 miles off Cape Henry and she noon to- morrow, according to marine Observ- ers. The exact location or extent of the fire on the Ward liner is not known here, The coast guard cutter Onondaga reported tonight that the fire on the Antilla virtually was under control. The hatches were battered down, the message said, but the services of a tug were needed to finally extinguish the flames. . Besides the Onondaga, the yacht Pacifique and the steamers Morro Castle and Somerset are with the burning ship, whise passengers have been distributed to the cutter and the two steamers. RUMORS OF FLEET OF GERMAN SUBMARINES No Word Frow the British and French Patrol Vessels. Boston, Oct. 8—During the day no word came from the British and French patrol vessels that have been watching., the . # lantic coast, from which vessels oi tue allies with muni- tions of war have daily set out. This afternoon a message was sent to Hal- ifax asking for the press information as to what was being done to protect British and French shipping from the submarine. The reply came that the British commander-in-chief of the Halifax station, which is directing the patrolling fleet, was considering whether any statement by him was ad. visable. Many Rumors Afloat. Many rumors were afloat today in- cluding one that a fleet of German submarines were off the coast. Anoth- er had it that the Germans had estab- lished a submarine base on the Cana- dian coast. Another speculation was that supply ships were co-operating with U-53." Those who held to the lat- ter opinion pointed out that the sub- marine after ostensibly crossing the Atlantic unassisted arrived at New- port fully provisioned for three months and not requirtng fuel or so much as a jug of water. Samuel Prey, New England agent of the American-Hawailan Steamship company, whose steamer, the Kansas, was halted today by a submarine, said tonight he had received no information from Captain Smith concerning the in- cident. The Kansas, which {s under chart- er to the French-Canada line, was ex pected to arrive here this afternoon, but changer her course in #2sponse to distress calls from the stec Point. At one o'clock the Kansas no- tified _the Boston navy vard that she was fifty-five miles from the disabled amer and expected to reach ler in five hours, travelling at a speed of 12 knots. The Kansas left New York with a cargo of steel and was coming to Bos- ton on her way to Genoa to take on board a big shipment of horses for the allies. SEVERAL STEAMSHIPS ARE IN DANGER ZONE. Wireless Messages Sent Broadcast of Presence of Submarines. Boston, Oct. 8.—Within the imme- diate zone of possible further opera- tidns by the U-53 are several trans- Atlantic steamships under registry of nations with which Germany is at war. Also, the American Line steamer Phil adelphia, with passengers and freight from New York for Liverpool. is in the waters from whigh reports of a Ger- man submersible have come and the Scandinavian-American liner Fred- erick VIII is approaching that part of the coast bound for New York from Copenhagen. Better known among the vessels subject because of their registry and their present positions to the subma- rine menace, are the French liner E: pagne from Bordeaux for New Yor! the Anchor liner Cameronia, bound to New York from Glasgow ang Liver- pool; and the Cunarder Aluania, only a few bours out from New York for Falmouth and London. Other vessels of lesser size were reported approxi- mately in the same waters. Most of these steamships _tonight have recelved wireless word sent broadcast by radio stations to all ves- sels of the presence of the German submersible off the New Mhgiand coast. This message as sent to steamships of Great Britain’s merchant marine, was regarded es constituting orders to chanpge courses, The result was in- dicated in messages tonight that this vessel or that was siwinging in shore to be removed further from possible contact with the submarine and to be within essy speeding distance of the three mile zome of protection, Francis P. Leay, the British consul hers, was in constant touch with the steamship officlals and on the strength of reports that the submarine bad be- sun a wholesale attempt to destroy en emy vessels, a code, message was des- patched to the embassy at Washington Condensed Telegrams Col. Roosevelt will begin his western campaign tour on Oct. 16. Prices of flour in Chicago advanced 30 cents a barrel to $9.60 a barrel. About 6,000 workers at the Bayohne ,N. J., plant of the Standard Oil Co., threaten to strike. Dr. Emil Deckert, professor of geo- grophy in the new University of Frankfort ,is dead The body of Rev. Stephen MaGill, was found in a swimming pool at North Easton, Mass. The Russian-American Railway Se- curity Corporation has been chariered ‘with a capital of $260,000. The Associated Confectioners of the United States set Oct. i4, as ‘“candy day” throughout the nation. “Mother” Jones, who came to New York from Arizona to help the street car strikers to win, has abandoned the Job. Fire destroyed the three-story fac- tory of the Farmer Narrow Iabric Co, at Gossville, N. H., at a loss of $100,- 000. Fort Wayne, Ind., was chosen for the 1917 meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the AMethodist Church. Corp. Leopold L. Lovell of Company K. 2d Maine Infantry, was shot and killed at Laredo, Tex., as he walked from a store, Fire destroyed the bov:ling alleys of the Albany, Council, Knights of Co- lumbus, on North Pearl sireet at a loss of '$3,000. The exports of copper for the week ended Oct. 5, amounted to3,221 tons, against 4,267 tons in the corresponding week last year. The Norwegian steamship Forde, which left Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 30 for Philadephia returned with her engines damaged. ‘ Two white men were shot and kill- ed and a third severely wounded by seven negroes in a race ria near Hihill, Beagher County, Mont. Owing to _the risks of North Sea traffic the Dutch Batavier Line has suspended its regular sailing between London and Rotterdam. James O’Brien of Providence, R. I. who has been held since last summer on a charge of having murdered Bea- trice Walter, was set free. Private William A. pany E, 5th Maryland Infantry, was drowned while swimming in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Lex. Stewart, Com- The Eastern Steamship Corporation reports for August net income amount- ing to $398,809, compared with $233.070 in the same month a year ago. Limit of weight of parcel packages between the United States and Panama will be increased from eleven to twenty pounds on Oct. 15. Ellis E. Shookman, cashier of the Burrows Bank at Burrows, Ind., con- fessed the theft of $10,000, after su rendering at the state Auditor’s Office. The new government eight-hour day commission will first turn to Chicago and the middle west in their investi- gating of railway pay and hours of labor. post August J. Simpson, postmaster of Phoenicia, in the Catskills, for two years, was drowned while supervising work on a reservoir at the village waterworks. Orders for the return of the first field hospital and the first battalion of the 22d Engineers have received orders from the War Department. Deuartment. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of the army staff, who has been treated in a hospital at Washington for stomach trouble, has returned to his home en- tirely recovered. Rush orders have been placed in Pittsburgh for steel to complete a new ported that she had found the aband- oned barges Aranac and _Alexander Anderson off Cape Sable and was tow- ing them to Rocklapd, Me. The Boston-Cape Cod & New York Canal Co. reports to the Public Ser- vice Commission for the yvear ended June 30 last, a deficit of $289,001 against a defiict of 977 in 1915. Emperor William of Germany has turned over all the royal gold plate and part of the crown jewels to the Imperial Treasury to be converted into funds to aid in the prosecution of the war. The corporation of Dublin is arrang- ing for a special meeting to consider an offer by the National City Bank of New oYrk to make a loan of $5,000,000 to the city for rebuilding and housing operations. The American Locomotive Co. has taken an order from the Chesapeake & Ohlo Railway Co. for 25 Mallet type locomotives and one from the Wheel- ing & Lalke Erie for 10 locomotives of the same type. WHITE STAR LINE OFFICIALS ANXIOUS Liner Canopic is Carrying 1,200 Pas- sengers and a Valuable Cargo. Boston, Oct. 8.—Although several days removed from danger of contact with the torpedo menace, the White Star liner Canople, carrying 1.200 prssengers and a cargo of general mer- chandise from Naples, Gibraltar and the Azores for Boston was a subject of rerious thought by Per agents here. Tt was understood they were consid- ering the ferwarding o= a request to hendquarisrs of the line in England o ran armed convor for the steamer to be drafted from the British patrol off this coast. A change in her course would be ordered in any event, span in the Quebec Bridge to replace the onme which recently fell intd the! St. Lawrence river. Five prisoners escaped from the penitentiary annex at_ Hart'’s Island, using the motor boat Baxter, of the Prisons department, in their flight toward Connecticut. The coastguard cutter Ossipee re- Washingion View Submarine Action DOES NOT PORTEND éOMF’LICA- TIONS WITH GERMANY IFRIGHTLY CONDUCTED None of the Ships Destroyed Appear to Have Attacked Without Warning or Without Proper Meas- ures for Safety of Those Aboard. Been ‘Wasnington, Oct. 8, Submarine warfare at the very doors of the Unit- ied States does not necessarily portend further complications with Germany so long as it is carried on within the limitations of international law. That is the view of officlals Wash- ington tonight on the record of one day’s operations, iw which none of the ships destroyed appears to have been attacked without warnmg or without Proper meusures for safety of those aboard, Academically at least, in interna- tional law, an allied ship destroyed by a German submarine just outside the three mile limit and in sight of Amer- ican. shores is no different than a ship destroyed in the Arctic ©cean, provid- ed its destruction is accomplished in accordance with the laws of nations and humanity. But despite the fact that it seems to make little difference on which par- ticular part of the high seas Germany prosecutes her newest submarine cam- paign, officials and diplomats see a situation filled with so many possi- bilities that it is almost impossible to enumerate them so long as commerce in and out of American ports is men- aced. May Raise Perplexing Questions. The presence of a German subma- rine flotilla near American territorial waters, officials fear, may raise per- plexing questions of neutraility and in fact a most serious issue would be raised if the operations of the sub- mersibles were carried on so near to American_ports_as virtually to con- stitute a blockade. At the outset of the war when al- lied cruisers hovered off New York so close that commerce was impeded, the United States, construing their oper- ations as virtually a blockade, noti- fled France and Great Britain of its objections and the ships were moved farther out to sea. The possibility of a similar situation resulting from submarine operations is foreseen. The destruction of half a dozen ships, within .of ,the shores of thel United States while American wai ships hovered near to take off the vi tims aroused reports of German bases and convoys. One renewed report was that large quantities of fuel oil had been submerged at points in the Gulf of Mexico, on the coast of Maina and on the Canadian coast. A con- jecture which was generally accepted as among the most. likely possibilities was that the sumbarines are accom- panied by merchant submersibles of the Deutschland and Bremen type, loaded with torpedoes and ammuni- tion. More Than One Submari: Many officials leaned to that view and pointed out that onme lone submarine 2,000 miles from a base would scarcely have spent torpedoes so prodigally as did Commander Rose today unless there was a supply close at hand. Na- val officials thought it possible that one submarine could mave done to- day’s work unaided, but they inclined strongly to the theory that probably a flotilla of Germany’'s newest U boats is o ffthe coast. It was regarded as sig. nifiant that German embassy officials while disclaming any information, said they suspected there was more than one submarine. Opening of New Campaign. 1t was openly declarea here tonight that today’s operations marks the opening of an organized campaign in the waters adjacent to America against all the commerce of the allies in gen- eral and especially vessels carrying munitions of war. It is expected that attacks also will be drrected at trans- ports carrying troops from Canada and at British and French warships in patrol duty off the coast. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS . ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED Are Making Efforts to Get All the In- formation Obtainable. Long Branch, N. J, Oct. S.—Pre dent Wilson and government officials here expressed deep concern over the sinking of steamships off the Amerie can coast by a German submarine, but up to a late hour no official word had been received indicating that inter- national complications would follow. The government officials were pls Iy worried over the situation made efforts to get all inf |obtainable, as quickly as possible. was stated that the president pay no attention to meagre reports and would keep his mind open until definite information is uspplied through official sources. The questions of administration of- ficials centered around whether any Americans had been lost and whether the vessels were warned in accordance with international law. It was stated that a very thorough investigation would be made but that no hasty ac- tion would be taken. and rmation It would preliminary With the receipt of word of the sinking of the vessels so.near the American coast additional importance was attached to the visit here tomor- row of Count von Bernstorff, the Ger- man ambassador. While the enzage- ment of the ambassador with the president was to enable him to give Mr. Wilson a personal letter from the German emperor on Polish relief, it was taken for granted that the ac- tivities of the German submarine would be discussed. Count von Bern- storff_will see the president at two o'clock. Count von Bernstorff has carried on all his negotiations over submarine warfare through Secretay Lansing and Counsellor Polk of the state depart- ment and it was thought unlikely here that the president would do anything to change this method of procedure. e a v sl Seventh Ship Sunk. Newport, R. I, Oct. »—It was re- ported early today that a seventh ship hdd been sunk. Her identity was un- :m.rship, na%u.l men were satisfled that | sefting forth the facts as far as ob-|as soon as she could be reached byjknown but destroyers were searching it was the U-53. tuinable. wireless, it was satd. for her.